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Mon 6 Nov, 2006 09:20 am
Hi everybody,
Somebody here knows that we can measure the Q ( quantity of electricity
that passes in an electrolyte cell ) using,
Q = I * t
This would be in colomb, but also we can measure the quantity of
electricity needed to deposit one mole of Al+3 using the equation,
Al+3 + 3e= Al
In this case we need a quantity of electricity equal 3 Faraday to deposit 1
mole of Al.
My question is, what is the difference between Q in Farady ( unit ) and Q
in Colomb ( unit ) ?
I hope that is clear
The faraday is no longer in general use and has been replaced by the SI unit coulomb; one faraday is approximately equivalent to 96485.3415 coulombs.